What's new at The Deli Shack

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this page of the website is going to be used to give you all the news and reviews. All of the entries will be dated so you'll be able to keep abreast of developments, so keep an eye on your Devon Deli.

If you've got any good recipies and don't mind sharing them, then when I get time I'll try them out and post them here for others to enjoy..

5th September

With the summer starting to draw to a close, this is a great time to start thinking about the great cooking we'll be doing with all of the fabulous Autumn fayre. We've been busy over the past couple of months and here's what's new..

Wild & Organic Venison from Bridwell Park, Devon

Classified as Wild and Organic the Fallow deer from Bridwell Park in Devon is beautifully succulent, a bit like young beef and much sweeter than the traditional Red deer that is mostly found in the shops. Available from the first week October we're having a whole carcass prepared for Deli Shack Customers, but as always it'll be on a first come first served basis, so email your orders in early please.

Rare breed beef

There's a couple of treats in store from local farms in regard of rare breed beef. We've got longhorn and Belted Galloway pencilled in for the beggining of November. Country Life voted these two breeds respectively first and third best steak producers in Britain, horay for traditional breeds!! We'll be selling this amazing 21 day aged and grass finshed beef in 5Kg boxes (to ensure that the farmer gets a fair distribution of the different cuts) for £60 each. Included in the box are;

4 Rump Steaks (approx. 250g each)
2 Sirloin Steaks (approx. 250g each)
1 Topside Roasting Joint (approx. 1.5Kg)
2 Pack of Mince (approx. 500g each)
2 Packs of Casserole Steak (approx. 500g each)

We'll probably be allocated ten boxes of each so if you're interested please email me your order and I'll contact you when the meat is ready.

If you'd like to see what other breeds we've been selling over the summer have a look at our Rare Breed Meat Section.

Rare breed Pork

Towards the end of October we'll be able to offer fresh Large Black pork. We get this wonderful meat from a local farm who themselves are member of the RBST and a lovely couple to boot! If you'd like to place an order then please email me and I'll make sure that I put what you want side.

Award winning Pates

The guys at Pymans Pates have really excelled themselves this summer and come up with a fabulous range of new pates, all of course gluten free.

Award winning Preseves, Jellies and Jams

Victoria Cranfield has one of the best reputations for preserve and chutney making that you'll find anywhere in the country. We've added lots more to choose from, so please have a look at our new range of preserves and chutneys

Artisan Cheese

We've just added the magnificent Beenliegh Blue, a blue cheese made from ewes milk. One of only four hand made ewes milk blues in the country, go on, spoil yourself.

Don't forget, if you want to look through our cheese selection you can browse using the cheese selector which will give you the opportunity to define your preferences.

Smokin'Tapas

Geoff Odgers, a notable chef and lecturer in Devon has started an events business called Smokin' Tapas, which is all about great food with lots of theatre thrown in for good measure. So if you'd like something a little bit different the next time you're hosting an event, drop Geoff a line here at The Deli Shack at geoff@delishack.com

A Big Thank You

The Deli Shack now has over 400 registered customers and I'd like to thank each and every one of you for your support.

We started this business three years ago with a view to supplying key ingriedents to people who enjoy cooking, but along that road we also became a place where regional and local producers in the South West can come and display their produce.

If you've got a couple of minutes we thought you might like to see where all of the products that you'll find on our website get tested and selected for you to have a look at.

26th June 2010

New Pork Supplier

Partridge farm, Tiverton will be supplying us with their beautiful Large Black pork this week. Duncan and Hannah are two of the nicest people you’ll meet and are totally committed to maintaining rare breeds and ethical farming policies. They’ll be at the Pannier Market on Friday and Saturday to demonstrate some of their wares, so if you can please come down and say hello or have a look at their website at http://www.partridgefarmtiverton.com/

New Pate supplier

Pymans Pates are now supplying us with a range of fabulous, gluten free and award winning pates, all made right here in Devon. Come down and have a taste, they’re fabulous. If you’d like to learn more about Pymans go to http://www.pymanpates.co.uk/

New Cheeses

We’ve introduced lots of new cheeses recently so why not use our unique ‘Cheese Selector’ to select the criterion that you’re looking for and hey presto you’ll get a listing of all of the cheeses that we now stock that fits the bill. It’s really simple to use and makes browsing a pleasure.

We’re members of the Rare breed Survival Trust

The Rare Breed Survival Trust (RBST) is an National organisation which promotes and supports the breeding of wholly traditional beef, sheep and pigs. Practically all of the fresh meat we buy today has been crossed with larger animals to increase yield and reduce costs. The key issue here is that in a short period of time we’ll lose our traditional pure breeds forever and that just doesn’t seem right , so by sourcing through appointed RBST butchers and breeders (such as Partridge Farm) we will be selling the very best of traditional West Country pure bred meats.

Longhorn beef

There’s an opportunity to buy Longhorn beef at the beginning of August. As before we’ll need to make this a meat box offer to make sure that we all take a fair share of the different cuts available. What we’ve done for the summer is increased the quantity of steak and mince in the box, so plenty of opportunity to fire up the BBQ. You can order on line or drop into the Pannier Market.

20th April 2010

We have the opportunity to buy fresh wild & organic Fallow deer from Bridwell Park in Uffculme. The owners are going to give us a promotional price of 10% off, so as usual if you're interested please get in contact or order directly from the website. Fallow dear has a less gamey and more meaty taste so it really is different and very good. If you'd like to try some I'll be sampling a roast of haunch, so please feel to drop by.

We're also introducing the most wonderful natural fruit jellies, preserves and chutneys from Cranfield Foods, near Lynmouth. Award winning and bursting with flavour I'm sure you'll love them

12th April 2010

New recipe from Charlotte for lamb burgers, chopped rosemary and cumin which I thought was a bit unusual. Absolutely lovely though.

I’ll bring some extra Dartmoor Lamb mince in this weekend and take 10% off to promote it, so if you fancy having a go then just drop me a quick line and I’ll put some aside because as always it’ll be on a first come, first served basis.

Also new this week is a new cheese selection guide which as far as I know is pretty much unique to The Deli Shack. The selector allows you to set the key attributes of kind of cheese that you would like to try and then offers a selection based on that criterion. This new section will herald the beginning of an expansion to our Artisan cheese offering, so keep a eye out for new things to try.

23rd March 2010

New recipe for belly pork by Charlotte Lampard added to the recipe section. Please note that Charlotte’s kitchen at Yearlstone Vineyard is opening this weekend, so if you get a chance drop in and see what goodies she’s got on the menu.

For this recipe we'll be using a lean belly pork taken from a heard of free range pedigree Duroc pigs, so don't worry about the meat being too fatty. I've put a special offer in place so if you're interested go to the promotions page, I've ordered six 1.5Kg chunks, so as usual if you'd like to reserve one please call or drop me a line. Go to Promotions

We're also having a bit of a change round in the pork section and we're now offering nice lean cuts and joints taken from free range pedigree Duroc pigs, farmed just over the Devon border in Cornwall. All of the flavor with less fat..lovely. Go to Pork Section. Alternatively if you're interested in a 5Kg box of fresh pork then Go to meat boxes section

We can stil supply Gloucester Old Spot cuts and joints if you require them, just give us a call and we'll arrange a delivery.

Two more lines have been added to the smoked fish range, Gradvadlax and Manuka smoked trout.

Free range chicken breasts and thighs added to the poultry section

2nd March 2010

This Saturday, the 6th of March we'll be working with Watton Farm to promote their fabulous Devon Longhorn Beef at the pannier market. You might be interested to Know that in a recent competition run by 'Country Life' Britain's best steak is...Yes the Longhorn !!

I'm delighted to tell you that we've opened a new section for recipes and over the next few months Charlotte Lampard, owner of the restaurant at Yearlstone Vineyard in Bickleigh will be sharing some of her secrets and favourite recipes with us. To encourage everyone to have a go I'll run a discount on the key ingredients, so keep an eye on the 'Promotions section'

We'll also be introducing a range of new frozen meals supplied by The Ark Chicken co as well as new sausages including pheasent and Toulouse style with fennel, yum...

10th February 2010

I'm delighted to announce that three new farms have joined The Deli Shack this week and are bringing with them some really fabulous produce.

Ark Chicken Co. - Based just outside of Stoke Cannon these guys produce fabulous free range chickens and associated goodies including pasties, pate and sausages.

Mike's Smokehouse - Based in South Devon these guys have won several Taste of the West awards over the past five years for thier smoked salmon and duck. Interestingly they're the only smokerie in the country that uses Manuka wood from New Zealand.

Ellises farm - Based near Hemyock Donna Lucking and her family run a farm producing the most wonderful and freshly prepared sausages and traditionally cured bacon. The farm is run to the highest standards of animal welfare and having visited them I can only praise their approach to ethical farming.

New section added - We've been appraoched by a number of our producers about running specific promotions, so we've opened up a new section called promotions for you to look at. Being internet customers you'll get the opportunity to pre order, so keep an eye out !

31st January 2010

New Meat boxes section added. Free delivery in the Tiverton and Uffculme areas.

New Smoked Goodies Section added

Moonbeams Dorset Down pedigree lamb is going to be on sale 5th & 6th Feb at the Pannier market. The lamb's going to be every bit as good as the pork so if you're interested it'll be worth getting down early. If you would like me reserve any for you, call me on 07887 832088

Devon Long horn beef added. Pedigree herd farmed locally at Halberton and wonderfully different. Fresh 5Kg meat boxes available (see meat boxes section) to pre order for first week of March. This is a real connoisseur’s choice and is also available as individual frozen cuts. Call me on 07887 832088 if you'd like to discuss you're requirements.

From next we'll be stocking smoked organic Israeli sea salt, Indian pepper corns and chilli flakes, see the Smoked Goodies Section. When you season with the lovely seasonings you'll notice a really savoury finish without being at all salty, very different, very good.

We've started adding chef's tips and the first place you'll see them is in the smoked salt section. I'd really like to share your little secrets, so please drop me a line with any good tips of your own or drop in a see me at the Pannier Market.

I've got three beautiful customers' recipes (yes, all of my customers are beautiful) planned to share with you- mutton poached in white wine & stock, a 16th century Moroccan lamb & apricot and pork fillets in a Portuguese sauce, so keep looking and I'll post them in the next couple of weeks.

30th November 2009

New goats cheese added, Cerney Pyramid, Puff'n Billy, Tilaton Log

24th November 2009

New poultry section introduced.

Rabbit and game birds added to the Game section